Verse 31
2 Kings 17:31
World English Bible, British Edition
31
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their
children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/עַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְ/אֶת תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְ/הַ/סְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת בְּנֵי/הֶם֙ בָּ/אֵ֔שׁ לְ/אַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽ/עֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אלה אֱלֹהֵ֥י ספרים סְפַרְוָֽיִם
English Translation
And the wicked made haste, and the storytellers burned their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the storytellers.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began
to reign in Samaria over Isr...
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2
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings
of Israel who were before him.
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3
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his
servant, and brought him trib...
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4
The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egyp...
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5
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to
Samaria, and besieged it three...
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6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried
Israel away to Assyria, and...
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7
It was so because the children of Israel had sinned against the
LORD their God (Elohim), who brought...
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8
and walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD cast out from
before the children of Israel,...
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9
The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against
the LORD their God (Elohim);...
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10
and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high
hill and under every green tr...
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11
and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as the nations
whom the LORD carried away befor...
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12
and they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall
not do this thing.”
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13
Yet the LORD testified to Israel and to Judah, by every prophet and
every seer, saying, “Turn from y...
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14
Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like
the neck of their fathers who d...
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15
They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their
fathers, and his testimonies whi...
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16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim), and made
molten images for thems...
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17
They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire,
used divination and enchantment...
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18
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out
of his sight. There was none lef...
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19
Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim),
but walked in the statutes o...
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20
The LORD rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hands of...
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21
For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son
of Nebat king; and Jeroboam dr...
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22
The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he
did; they didn’t depart from them
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23
until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his
servants the prophets. So Isra...
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24
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah,
from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharv...
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25
So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t
fear the LORD. Therefore the L...
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26
Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations which
you have carried away and pl...
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27
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry there one
of the priests whom you brought from th...
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28
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria
came and lived in Bethel, and taught t...
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29
However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in
the houses of the high places which the...
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30
The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal,
and the men of Hamath made...
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31
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their
children in the fire to Adra...
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So they feared the LORD, and also made from amongst themselves priests
of the high places for themse...
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33
They feared the LORD, and also served their own gods, after the ways
of the nations from amongst who...
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34
To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear the LORD,
and they do not follow the statu...
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35
with whom the LORD had made a covenant and commanded them, saying,
“You shall not fear other gods, n...
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36
but you shall fear the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt with great power and with a...
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37
The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment which
he wrote for you, you shall o...
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38
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall
not fear other gods.
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39
But you shall fear the LORD your God (Elohim), and he will deliver you out of
the hand of all your e...
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40
However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
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41
So these nations feared the LORD, and also served their engraved images.
Their children did likewise...
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